Many Still Missing From Darr Mine Blast
Only thirty three of more than two hundred miners trapped by the Darr mine explosion have been recovered. Rescue work has extended to Swamp Heading one and a half miles from the mouth, with no major gas issues but ongoing danger of fire. A relief committee aids families while the company and miners’ relief group plan support for widows and orphans.
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Jacobs Creek
Darr
Pittsburg Coal Company
Connellsville
New Haven
J. B. Hornberger
Relief Association of Miners
Seven Men Executed in Russia and Mutiny Sentences Issued
Seven robbers were executed in Yekaterinoslav. Four soldiers face death at Sevastopol for Brest regiment mutiny. Additional death sentences: Smolensk, and one each at Moscow Kostroma and Riga.
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St. Petersburg
Yekaterinosla
Sevastopol
Brest
Smolensk
Moscow
Kostroma
Riga
Shah Agrees to Punish Rioters and Work With Parliament
Teheran December 23. The shah signs a declaration on the constitution promising punishment of riot leaders and dissolution of the court clique. He will cooperate with parliament, denying any plan to abolish the constitutional regime. Disturbances followed arrests and delays in executing soldiers who killed shopkeepers, with calls for abdication and talks of foreign intervention but no action yet.
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Teheran
Persia
Loufly
The Crisis In Portugal Sparks Monarchist vs Republican Struggle
Lisbon reports a growing political crisis that could topple the monarchist regime and propel Portugal toward a republic. Republicans claim Franco’s disclosures expose graft and repression, planning a push to impeach him and force King Carlos to abdicate.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Franco
Cortes
Carlos
Europe
Oporto
Governor Sparks Preparing Statement On Goldfield Crisis
Goldfield Nev December 23 Governor Sparks is preparing a statement for President Roosevelt outlining present conditions. He questions the president’s grasp of the situation despite the commission report and war department troop withdrawal order. The message will request keeping some troops beyond the set date. General Funston ordered troop movement back to quarters, with Colonel Reynolds in command. Sheriff Ingalls Benjamin Rosenthal and Commissioner Spinker have also sent communications. County officials warn they cannot handle trouble after troop departure. the sheriff is reorganizing deputies, now paid by the Goldfield Mine Owners Association, patrolling near the mines armed with shotguns and revolvers. Acting President Mahoney of the Western Federation of Miners says the union will support local actions and see no compromise with mine owners that discredits the federation, and doubts a speedy settlement.
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Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
Roosevelt
War Department
General Funston
Reynolds
Ingalls
Benjamin Rosenthal
Spinker
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Mahoney
Western Federation of Miners
Miners’ Union
Goldfield Troop Withdrawal Question Remains Open
White House reports telegraphic appeals from civic bodies mine owners and residents of Goldfield Nev urging retention of federal troops. No action decided. Adjutant General says Taft order for Funston to withdraw troops on Dec 30 has been forwarded.
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Washington
White House
Goldfield
Nev
Roosevelt
Ainsworth
Taft
Funston
Man Dies of Gas Poisoning in Porter Hotel
In St Paul on December 23 D J McCarthy of the Great Northern freight claims department was found dead in his Porter hotel room from gas poisoning. Coroner A W Miller examined the scene and the body was taken to the morgue. McCarthy was found in bed with the gas turned on and investigators suggest an accidental ignition after extinguishing the blaze.
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St. Paul
D. J. McCarthy
Great Northern Railway
Porter Hotel
A. W. Miller
McCarthy
Georgia Bank Closed After State Examiner Takeover
Atlanta December 23 Following a two day probe of Neal bank one of Georgia’s largest state depositories the bank is placed in the hands of the state bank examiner The clearing house says loans and investments cannot be readily converted yet nominal assets exceed liabilities by about 600000 Deposits total 2067000 including 723000 in savings bankers expect depositors will be paid in full in time
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Atlanta
Neal Bank
Georgia
State Bank
Clearing House Association
Alabama
Mitchell improves. UMW leader to leave hospital
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, critically ill in Indianapolis, is expected to return to his Spring Valley, Illinois home this week. Dr Hodges says his condition has improved, he can sit up in bed and take nourishment, and he remains in good spirits.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Spring Valley
Hodges
Mitchell
Navy undecided on return of battleship fleet
Washington December 23 officials weigh the return route for the Pacific battle fleet. Secretary Metcalf notes no decision yet and no time frame. Admiral Evans favors a Suez Canal voyage next summer or fall, while analysts expect only a small squadron to go that way. The rest may head around the Horn, with permanent Pacific reinforcement still unsettled.
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Washington
Navy Department
Metcalf
Connecticut
Evans
Associated Press
Suez Canal
Loeb
Miral Fvans
Pacific
Horn
Admiral Evans
Royal Welcome Planned as US Fleet Arrives at Rio Janeiro
Rio Janeiro reads a courteous, non demonstrative welcome for the American fleet due about January 11, with ten days in port. Admiral Alencar orders readiness from Barroso Tamandaro Tymbira Tamoyo and Tiradentes to escort the ships, as dances picnics banquets and a Fiscal Island ball are planned for officers.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Alencar
Marine
Marine Arsenal
Yaura
Stead argues Britain should seek naval parity with Germany
London opinion writer William T. Stead contends in the Daily Mail that Britain should answer Germany’s naval program by building two dreadnoughts for every new German ship. He says Germany’s fleet is a hostage to stronger powers and warns a non-dominant fleet increases vulnerability, citing the United States and Japan as an example of naval power dynamics.
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London
William T. Stead
Review of Reviews
Dily Mail
Great Britain
Germany
Pacific
Japan
Uncle Sam
United States
Tragic Farewell: 16 Year Old Jewess Ends Life Over Passage Money
In Pittsburg area, Gizella Schwartz a 16 year old Jewess committed suicide by swallowing pennies at a McKeesport residence where she worked as a domestic. She left her homeland a year ago to join her fiancé who could not afford the voyage.
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Pittsburg
Gizella Schwartz
McKeesport
Boulder man kills ex wife then commits suicide near Edgemont
I B Jack of Boulder Colorado shot and killed his divorced wife near Edgemont South Dakota and then killed himself after learning she had remarried. The tragedy occurred about a month after her marriage to Leonard Collins of Edgemont.
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Hot Springs
S. D
I. B. Jack
Boulder
Colo
Edgemont
Leonard Collins
Lock
Three Drown on Ona Ta Lake in Pittsfield Ice Accident
Pittsfield Massachusetts reports three skaters drowned after breaking through ice on Ona Ta Lake. Victims named as Henry Norris, Henry Ano, and Alice Mealener. Rescue efforts paused as authorities investigate and issue warnings about ice safety.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Onata Lake
Henry Norris
Henry Ano
Alice Mealener
Tragic Night Accident In Washington Woman Dies
Washington Pa Dec 23 A seventeen year old girl Miss Elizabeth Hatfield died from burns after her night dress caught fire from a gas stove as she knelt at her bedside in prayer upon arising.
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Washington
Elizabeth Hatfield
Sunday Amusement Promoters Resume in New York City
New York on December 25 reports promoters reopen with police monitors enforcing the sacred or educational limit. Theaters opera houses and top music halls run as before while vaudeville sticks to sketches and monologues. Stage business is curtailed with costumes and makeup banned. dancing on stage forbidden though private dancing and skating rinks operate. Police see general observance of the law.
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New York
O’gorman
Fire destroys Haglin building in Fort Smith loss 175000
Fort Smith Ark Dec 23 Fire destroyed the Haglin six story office building the American National building and two other structures. Loss is set at 175000. J A McVitty a cotton buyer and a man named Kauffman who slept in the Haglin building are missing and believed to have perished.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Haglin
American National
J. A. McVitty
Kauffman
Train wreck near Beach injures crew
Glendive Mont Dec 23 A Northern Pacific No 2 derailed by obstruction near Beach ND. No passengers hurt though reports vary on Fireman C J Parker injuries. The derailment damaged the engine and torn track while rear coaches stayed on track.
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Glendive
Mont
Northern Pacific
Beach
N. D
C. J. Parker
Tragic accidental overdose cuts short actress Ruth Parsons
Webster City Iowa December 23 Mrs Cyrus Johnson twenty two member of a theatrical company died at her hotel from an overdose of a liquid extract of cotton root bark The coroner's jury found the fatal draught was swallowed accidentally Mrs Johnsons stage name was Miss Ruth Parsons She was playing the role of Sybil in Faust
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Webster City
Cyrus Johnson
Drowning of Two Boys While Skating on Toledo River
In Toledo Ohio on December 23, Frank Ballmer aged thirteen and Frank Felix aged twelve died in a skating accident on a slip by the river. Their bodies were recovered.
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Toledo, O
Frank Ballmer
Frank Felix
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Grades
Minneapolis market report lists Wheat futures for May and July near $1.124 and $1.12 respectively with slight percent changes. Grain grades show No 1 hard at $1.11 and No 1 Northern at $1.09 with No 2 Northern around $1.0640 and No 3 Northern at $1.02.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market prices for cattle hogs and sheep in St Paul
St Paul market notes for December 21 show cattle good to choice steers at 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 3.75, veals 3.75 to 6.60. Hogs range 4.15 to 4.45. Sheep wethers 3.85 to 4.00, good to choice lambs 5.00 to 5.50.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices in Duluth market report
Duluth on December 21 reports wheat on track with No 1 hard at 1.09 and No 1 Northern at 1.08. No 2 Northern 1.05, December 1.06, May 1.18. In store No 1 Northern 1.06 No 2 Northern 1.03. Flax on track 1.13.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago market closes with mixed grain and livestock notes
Chicago trading reports show Wheat May at 1.06 and 1.06 for July, Corn May 57 and July 56, Oats varied with May old 53 and 52, Pork futures Jan 12.70 and May 13.22, Butter 20 to 28%4c, Eggs 24 to 25c, Poultry Turkeys 8 to 11c and chickens 8c.
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Chicago
Chicago Cattle Market Prices Mixed Across Breeds
Market report from Chicago lists cattle prices for Beef steers and heifers Texans and Western cattle, stockers and feeders, and light to heavy weights. Prices range from about 1.15 to 7.25 for various categories and from 3.10 to 4.65 for cattle grades. Sheep and lambs appear with prices around 4.25 to 5.16, reflecting a broad livestock trading snapshot.
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Chicago
Dee
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R. R. Murphy
Pickard
China
Hayes & Bro
Jewelers
Pennsylvania
Russia
Nevada
St Paul
Georgia Bank
Illinois
Atlantic
Stead
Jewess
Westerner
New York City
Negro
Columbus
Dayton
John Young
Mra. W. B. C. Hereshey
Young
Toblae
Hershey
Fort Smith, Ark
St. Paul Union Stock Yards
Chicago Union
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